On the Death and Life of Languages - Brossura

Hagege, Claude

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9780300167870: On the Death and Life of Languages

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ISBN 10: 0300167873 ISBN 13: 9780300167870

Casa editrice: Yale Univ Pr, 2011

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Twenty-five languages die each year; at this pace, half the world’s five thousand languages will disappear within the next century. In this timely book, Claude Hag�ge seeks to make clear the magnitude of the cultural loss represented by the crisis of language death.

By focusing on the relationship of language to culture and the world of ideas, Hag�ge shows how languages are themselves crucial repositories of culture; the traditions, proverbs, and knowledge of our ancestors reside in the language we use. His wide-ranging examination covers all continents and language families to uncover not only how languages die, but also how they can be revitalized—for example in the remarkable case of Hebrew. In a striking metaphor, Hag�ge likens languages to bonfires of social behavior that leave behind sparks even after they die; from these sparks languages can be rekindled and made to live again.

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Recensione:

'Innovative perspectives on the life and death of languages by a leading French intellectual.' --Bookseller. 'On the Death and Life of Languages is a wake-up call, covering languages across the globe, from Cornish to the polyglot brew of Papua New Guinea.' --Bookseller; Andrew Robinson, New Scientist

On the Death and Life of Languages is a wake-up call, covering languages across the globe, from Cornish to the polyglot brew of Papua New Guinea. --Andrew Robinson, New Scientist

L'autore:

Claude Hag�ge is the Chair of Linguistic Theory at the Coll�ge de France in Paris. He is the author of more than fifteen books and the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the Gold Medal from Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. Jody Gladding is an award-winning poet and translator, and author of Stone Crop, which appeared in the Yale Younger Poets Series.

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